Quality control in clinical chemistry: the two-sample plot and improvement of laboratory performance.

abstract：:The objective of the study was to evaluate the current standard practice of using volume and total nucleated cell (TNC) count for the selection of cord blood (CB) units for cryopreservation and further transplantation. Data on 794 CB units whose CD34+ cell content was determined by flow cytometry were analyzed by usin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jaime-Pérez JC,Monreal-Robles R,Rodríguez-Romo LN,Mancías-Guerra C,Herrera-Garza JL,Gómez-Almaguer D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of intercellular adhesion facilitates tumor invasion. To clarify the relation between altered expression of cell adhesion molecules and progression of T1 superficial bladder tumors, 101 cases (71 T1 tumors, 30 T2/T3 tumors) were examined immunohistochemically for E-cadherin and alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenins. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clairotte A,Lascombe I,Fauconnet S,Mauny F,Félix S,Algros MP,Bittard H,Kantelip B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old previously healthy man developed cervical adenopathy associated with mild constitutional symptoms. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated in pure culture from lymph node tissue on two separate occasions, and small gram positive organisms were identified in both lymph nodes with tissue gram stain. Histopatholo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldberger AC,Lipsky BA,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the Affirm VPIII molecular test (Becton Dickinson, Burlington, NC) with morphologic identification used in routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening in the detection and identification of Candida species, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, we identified 431 cases with a concomitant Pap test a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi AW,Harigopal M,Hui P,Schofield K,Chhieng DC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is apparently the second report of a case of human meningoencephalitis caused by the nematode Micronema deletrix. The patient had severe granulomatous meningoencephalitis with numerous foci of hemorrhage and encephalomalacia. Numerous adult female and larval M. deletrix were in the brain. The organisms probably i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shadduck JA,Ubelaker J,Telford VQ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fixed lymphoma tissues from 11 patients seropositive for human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) antibodies were analyzed for proviral sequences by the polymerase chain reaction. Typical adult T-cell leukemia/lymphomas (ATLLs) from nine patients were positive for HTLV-I sequences. In contrast, one of two lymphomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shibata D,Tokunaga M,Sasaki N,Nanba K

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transketolases link the Embden-Meyerhof pathway to the pentose phosphate pathway. An influence of p-Akt on this metabolism was described. This study was performed to compare the expression of transketolase-like 1 (TKTL1) and p-Akt in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and other astrocytic gliomas (AGs, grades II and III). ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Völker HU,Hagemann C,Coy J,Wittig R,Sommer S,Stojic J,Haubitz I,Vince GH,Kämmerer U,Monoranu CM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia were found to have a pericentric inversion of chromosome 16. All were classified as having acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4) according to French-American-British Cooperative Group (FAB) criteria. Consistent abnormalities of marrow eosinophils were present. In 15 of...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bitter MA,Le Beau MM,Larson RA,Rosner MC,Golomb HM,Rowley JD,Vardiman JW

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a minimally invasive method possibly representing a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) of different causes. We first describe herein the morphologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features of previously unreported eosinophilic globular deposi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rossi G,Andreani A,Morandi P,Marchioni A,Corradini P,Cappiello G,Bortolotti M,Qosja A,Manzini C,Ferri C,Richeldi L,Cavazza A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demonstration of prostate-specific acid phosphatase by immunologic methods in tissue sections or in plasma necessitates a monospecific antiserum. This is produced by immunizing rabbits with pure prostate-specific acid phosphatase antigen, prepared from seminal fluid. The ejaculate is centrifuged, dialyzed against a ci...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Vries GP,Slob AW,Jöbsis AC,Meijer AE,Sanders GT

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether the in vitro (or "spiked curve") method for the therapeutic heparin range is an accurate and valid method for heparin monitoring. Many laboratories use the in vitro method for determining the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapeuti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gausman JN,Marlar RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine tumors with histologic resemblances to ovarian sex-cord tumors were encountered in 14 women in the fourth to sixth decades of life, most of whom had abnormal vaginal bleeding and enlarged uteri suggesting leiomyomas. The tumors in six cases (Group I) were identical to one or another form of well-recognized end...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clement PB,Scully RE

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teenage male, with Goodpasture's syndrome and serum antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies, had a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis with crescents. Immunofluorescence microscopy of his glomeruli using anti-IgG antibodies demonstrated both intense linear GBM staining, and granular subepithelial s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jennette JC,Lamanna RW,Burnette JP,Wilkman AS,Iskander SS

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of breast cancer estrogen receptor (ER) status as a predictor of tumor response to adjuvant endocrine therapy remains a mainstay of breast cancer management. Recent second generation anti-ER antibodies and new epitope retrieval methods have produced paraffin-based immunohistochemical results that correla...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nichols GE,Frierson HF Jr,Boyd JC,Hanigan MH

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunophenotypic analysis of acute leukemias is time consuming and often requires flow cytometric analysis. A 1-hour alkaline phosphatase-labeled streptavidin-biotin immunocytochemical procedure was evaluated as an alternative. Seventeen cases of acute leukemia, including 10 acute lymphocytic (ALL) and 7 acute nonlymp...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hammer RD,Collins RD,Ebrahimi S,Casey TT

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to characterize how well computerized "case flags" performed in evaluating critical diagnoses in anatomic pathology. All cases identified by a pathologist at sign-out and flagged as a critical diagnosis in anatomic pathology in 2 hospital laboratories during a 3-year period were reviewed. A subset of all cri...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Renshaw A,Gould EW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of myeloid leukemia cutis can be difficult, particularly in the context of an initial skin biopsy with a malignant hematopoietic neoplasm. We studied the immunohistochemical characteristics of 33 cases of myeloid leukemia cutis diagnosed at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 1996-2007, and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cronin DM,George TI,Sundram UN

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference values for hematologic parameters are determined using data from patient populations of a whole year. As a consequence, the authors are not dependent on a limited selected population and can determine reference values for all age and sex groups. It turns out that from the possible compilation technics the ga...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swaanenburg JC,Rutten WP,Holdrinet AC,van Strik R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter medium (CAMPY, Becton Dickinson [BD] Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, MD) and Vancomycin Screen Agar (VSA, BD) were compared for their ability to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) from primary plates. A microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay (Pasco, BD) served as t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shigei J,Tan G,Shiao A,de la Maza LM,Peterson EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared an automated quantitative heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) assay with other cardiac-marker assays to examine its usefulness as an early diagnostic marker of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Serum samples for cardiac troponin T (cTnT), creatine kinase-MB isozyme (CK-MB), myoglobin, and H-FAB...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kim Y,Kim H,Kim SY,Lee HK,Kwon HJ,Kim YG,Lee J,Kim HM,So BH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of papillary cystic tumor (PCT) of the pancreas were investigated for the presence of estrogen receptors (ERs) and progesterone receptors (PgRs). Both PCT and normal pancreas are able to specifically bind 3H-estradiol. This binding almost exclusively results from the presence of high levels of type II ER, wh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Carbone A,Ranelletti FO,Rinelli A,Vecchio FM,Lauriola L,Piantelli M,Capelli A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a heterogeneous group of hematolymphoid proliferations arising in the context of chronic immunosuppression. The common and indolent B-cell lymphomas, including extranodal marginal zone lymphomas (ENMZLs) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), are...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cassidy DP,Vega F,Chapman JR

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear DNA content of 20 cases of primary differentiated thyroid carcinoma, 27 corresponding cervical lymph node metastases, and 2 local recurrent tumors was determined by flow cytometry. Evidence of DNA aneuploidy was found in either the primary tumor or in the corresponding metastases in 10 (63%) of the 16 papillar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joensuu H,Klemi PJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volume of data contained in a data warehouse represents a potential resource to provide the basis for detailed and specific reference intervals. Routine chemistry panel testing data were derived from an outreach laboratory patient population of 438,180 people and then screened by multiple data filters to identify ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bock BJ,Dolan CT,Miller GC,Fitter WF,Hartsell BD,Crowson AN,Sheehan WW,Williams JD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To analyze interobserver reproducibility and compare practice patterns between academic and community settings of Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST). Methods:In total, 132 anal biopsy slides were revised as well as p16 immunostains. Results:LAST was used in 49% of cases (academic center, 68%; sat...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roma AA,Liu X,Patil DT,Xie H,Allende D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A practical acidimetric assay for penicillinase production using penicillin and phenol red impregnated in paper discs was developed. Blank discs were first impregnated with buffered penicillin G and, after drying, with 1% phenol red. For use, a disc was added to a bacterial suspension made in saline solution. A yellow...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tu KK,Jorgensen JH,Stratton CW

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet function testing is important for the diagnostic evaluation of common and rare bleeding disorders. Our study goals were to promote best practices and reduce unnecessary testing variances by developing North American guidelines on platelet function testing. Guidelines were developed by consensus for expert rec...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayward CP,Moffat KA,Raby A,Israels S,Plumhoff E,Flynn G,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have assessed the clinical value of an "accurate" band count as a correlate to infection in 33 patients with a culture proven bacterial infection and a normal total leukocyte count. Thirty hematologically normal outpatients, presumably with no infections, were selected for the control group. Manual 500 cel...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ardron MJ,Westengard JC,Dutcher TF

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of nonconventional bacterial strains and electron microscopy occasionally may aid in the recognition of unusual microorganisms which fail to be demonstrated by more conventional bacterial stains. We report an unusual case of recurrent vaginal polyps, initially thought by physical examination to represent a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Strate SM,Taylor WE,Forney JP,Silva FG

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A markedly elevated prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were observed in a 24-year-old man who was admitted with a history of ethylene glycol ingestion. Further laboratory evaluation suggested that the coagulopathy was related to acquired factor deficiencies. The PT and APTT improved...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seidelmann S,Kubic V,Burton E,Schmitz L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00